ezkajii
2015-03-19, 09:16 AM
For a long-term campaign I have coming up I'm planning to have an epic-level BBEG and his council of (slightly lower-epic) caster right-hand-men. I want them to be medium-high optimization, but there's such a wealth of options available I'm sure there are some things I've missed that are probably obvious to you more experienced people. In addition, as you'll see, one of the characters is distinctly lower-powered than the rest; if anyone can figure out a way to shore that character up, or compress the abilities/theme of the others into correspondingly lower power levels to provide a more logical progression, I would greatly appreciate it! And/or, if there are any errors I made in character creation, please let me know so I can fix them. So here's what I have, as of now:
The Big Boss:
Race: Spellstitched Phantom Half-Elf Demilich
Classes: Wizard (eidetic spellcaster, antimagic domain) 5 / Shadowcaster 3 / Mindbender 1 / Incantatrix 10 / Noctumancer 8 / Wyrm Wizard 2 / Olin Gisir 1 / Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil 7 / Unseen Seer 2
Feats: Iron Will, Spell focus (abjuration), Greater Spell Focus (abjuration), Skill Focus (spellcraft), Mindsight, Eschew Materials, Apostate, Epic Spellcasting, Permanent Emanation (Greater Consumptive Field, from Wyrm Wizard), Arcane Mastery, Ignore Material Components, Mobile Spell-casting, Improved Spell Capacity x5
Metamagic Feats: Extend, Chain, Guided, Quicken, Persistent, Twin
Highlight: Unseen Seer provides access to Choose Destiny, which is then persisted on himself
HD: 39, CR 50, Wiz CL: 52 (due to Greater Consumptive Field)
The Dragon Ascendant:
Race: Paragon Great Wyrm Hex Dragon
Classes: Dragon Ascendant 8
Feats: Embed Spell Focus, Enlarge Breath, Spreading Breath, Quicken Breath, Rapid Breath, Shape Breath, Split Breath, Improved Flight, Improved Spell Capacity, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Rapid Metamagic
Metamagic Feats: Chain, Quicken, Extend, Persist, Twin, Still
HD: 43, CR 47, CL: 21
The Arch-Hierophant
Race: Winged Half-Doppelganger Half-Farspawn Svirfneblin
Classes: Wizard 3 (fighter bonus feats) / Druid (UA variant [swap armor and wild shape for Wis to AC, fast movement, etc.]) / Geomancer 10 (advancing druid) / Arcane Hierophant 10 / Mystic Wanderer 1 / Hierophant 5 / Mystic Theurge 10
Feats: Iron Will, Gatekeeper Initiate, Surrogate Spellcasting, Epic Spellcasting, Improved Spell Capacity x3, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Multispell, Reserves of Strength, Intuitive Attack
Metamagic Feats: Explosive, Extend, Corrupt, Maximize, Persistent, Quicken, Twin, Widen
HD: 42, CR 46, Drd CL: 39, Wiz CL: 28
The Ancient Vampire Conjurer
Race: Spellwarped Unseelie Fey Drow Shadow Vampire Lord
Classes: Conjurer 5 / Master Specialist 4 / Alienist 7 / Wild Soul 10 / Cosmic Descryer 6 / Master Vampire 3 / Olin Gisir 1
Feats: Spell Focus (conjuration), Fiendish Summoning, Summon Elemental, Necromantic Present, Necromantic Might, Rapid Metamagic, Practiced Spellcaster, Epic Leadership, Epic Spellcasting, Legendary Commander, Improved Spell Capacity x4
Metamagic Feats: Extend, Quicken, Repeat, Transdimensional
HD: 37, CR 44, CL: 31
The Psion
Race: Unbodied
Classes: Psion (telepath) 20 / Psychic Warrior 2 / Epic Psion 4 / Metamind 10
Feats: Combat Manifestation, Epic Psionic Focus x4, Mental Jugernaut, Improved Combat Manifestation, Practiced Manifester, Psionic Meditation
Metapsionic Feats: Chain, Enlarge, Extend, Heighten, Linked, Maximize, Opportunity Power, Persistent (houseruled to +12pp), Transdimensional, Twin, Unconditional, Widen [considering dropping one of these to grab Ghostly Grasp]
Highlight: Has raised a series of psions as disciples, using psychic chirurgery to teach them psychic chirurgery to teach him all their known powers, with promises of great reward (after years of gaining their trust), but then slaying them immediately afterward. He knows all powers and uses temporal reiteration to keep Font of Power going all day.
HD: 40, CR 40, ML: 37
The Shadowmaster
Race: Half-Doppelganger Unseelie Fey Half-Troll Ogre Titan Primordial Giant Gnome
Classes: Beguiler 5 / Wu Jen 1 / Shadowcrafter 10 / Shadowcraft Mage 5 / Incantatrix 10
Feats: Spell Focus (illusion), Greater Spell Focus (illusion), Iron Will, Rapid Metamagic, Arcane Thesis (silent image), Multispell, Improved Spell Capacity x2, Earth Sense, Earth Spell
Metamagic Feats: Fell Drain, Heighten, Maximize, Twin, Violate (Silent Image), Widen
HD: 31, CR 35, CL: 30
The Arcane Berserker
Race: Greenbound Wendigo Human
Classes: Barbarian (Boar Totem ACF) 1 / Battle Sorcerer 5 / Eldritch Knight 6 / Duskblade 3 / Abjurant Champion 5 / Rage Mage 10
Feats: Lightning Reflexes, Cumbrous Reflexes, Prone Attack, Rapid Metamagic, Improved Spell Capacity, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Combat Casting, Improved Combat Casting
Metamagic Feats: City Magic, Explosive, Transdimensional, Widen
HD: 30, CR 34, actual CL: 20, effective CL: 23, while raging CL: 30
The Needlestorm
Race: Undecided
Classes: Wu Jen 11 / Duskblade 3 / Eldritch Knight 10
Feats: Arcane Thesis (Rain of Needles), Spell Mastery, Signature Spell (Rain of Needles), Rapid Metamagic, Multispell, Improved Metamagic
Metamagic Feats: Fell Drain, Heighten, Quicken, Twin
Highlight: All rain of needles spells cast are enlarged, fell drain, silent, and still with no level adjustment; when quickened or twinned, uses up a 4th-level spell slot; when both quickened AND twinned, uses up a 6th-level spell slot.
HD: 24, CR 24, CL: 21
The Big Boss:
Race: Spellstitched Phantom Half-Elf Demilich
Classes: Wizard (eidetic spellcaster, antimagic domain) 5 / Shadowcaster 3 / Mindbender 1 / Incantatrix 10 / Noctumancer 8 / Wyrm Wizard 2 / Olin Gisir 1 / Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil 7 / Unseen Seer 2
Feats: Iron Will, Spell focus (abjuration), Greater Spell Focus (abjuration), Skill Focus (spellcraft), Mindsight, Eschew Materials, Apostate, Epic Spellcasting, Permanent Emanation (Greater Consumptive Field, from Wyrm Wizard), Arcane Mastery, Ignore Material Components, Mobile Spell-casting, Improved Spell Capacity x5
Metamagic Feats: Extend, Chain, Guided, Quicken, Persistent, Twin
Highlight: Unseen Seer provides access to Choose Destiny, which is then persisted on himself
HD: 39, CR 50, Wiz CL: 52 (due to Greater Consumptive Field)
The Dragon Ascendant:
Race: Paragon Great Wyrm Hex Dragon
Classes: Dragon Ascendant 8
Feats: Embed Spell Focus, Enlarge Breath, Spreading Breath, Quicken Breath, Rapid Breath, Shape Breath, Split Breath, Improved Flight, Improved Spell Capacity, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Rapid Metamagic
Metamagic Feats: Chain, Quicken, Extend, Persist, Twin, Still
HD: 43, CR 47, CL: 21
The Arch-Hierophant
Race: Winged Half-Doppelganger Half-Farspawn Svirfneblin
Classes: Wizard 3 (fighter bonus feats) / Druid (UA variant [swap armor and wild shape for Wis to AC, fast movement, etc.]) / Geomancer 10 (advancing druid) / Arcane Hierophant 10 / Mystic Wanderer 1 / Hierophant 5 / Mystic Theurge 10
Feats: Iron Will, Gatekeeper Initiate, Surrogate Spellcasting, Epic Spellcasting, Improved Spell Capacity x3, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Multispell, Reserves of Strength, Intuitive Attack
Metamagic Feats: Explosive, Extend, Corrupt, Maximize, Persistent, Quicken, Twin, Widen
HD: 42, CR 46, Drd CL: 39, Wiz CL: 28
The Ancient Vampire Conjurer
Race: Spellwarped Unseelie Fey Drow Shadow Vampire Lord
Classes: Conjurer 5 / Master Specialist 4 / Alienist 7 / Wild Soul 10 / Cosmic Descryer 6 / Master Vampire 3 / Olin Gisir 1
Feats: Spell Focus (conjuration), Fiendish Summoning, Summon Elemental, Necromantic Present, Necromantic Might, Rapid Metamagic, Practiced Spellcaster, Epic Leadership, Epic Spellcasting, Legendary Commander, Improved Spell Capacity x4
Metamagic Feats: Extend, Quicken, Repeat, Transdimensional
HD: 37, CR 44, CL: 31
The Psion
Race: Unbodied
Classes: Psion (telepath) 20 / Psychic Warrior 2 / Epic Psion 4 / Metamind 10
Feats: Combat Manifestation, Epic Psionic Focus x4, Mental Jugernaut, Improved Combat Manifestation, Practiced Manifester, Psionic Meditation
Metapsionic Feats: Chain, Enlarge, Extend, Heighten, Linked, Maximize, Opportunity Power, Persistent (houseruled to +12pp), Transdimensional, Twin, Unconditional, Widen [considering dropping one of these to grab Ghostly Grasp]
Highlight: Has raised a series of psions as disciples, using psychic chirurgery to teach them psychic chirurgery to teach him all their known powers, with promises of great reward (after years of gaining their trust), but then slaying them immediately afterward. He knows all powers and uses temporal reiteration to keep Font of Power going all day.
HD: 40, CR 40, ML: 37
The Shadowmaster
Race: Half-Doppelganger Unseelie Fey Half-Troll Ogre Titan Primordial Giant Gnome
Classes: Beguiler 5 / Wu Jen 1 / Shadowcrafter 10 / Shadowcraft Mage 5 / Incantatrix 10
Feats: Spell Focus (illusion), Greater Spell Focus (illusion), Iron Will, Rapid Metamagic, Arcane Thesis (silent image), Multispell, Improved Spell Capacity x2, Earth Sense, Earth Spell
Metamagic Feats: Fell Drain, Heighten, Maximize, Twin, Violate (Silent Image), Widen
HD: 31, CR 35, CL: 30
The Arcane Berserker
Race: Greenbound Wendigo Human
Classes: Barbarian (Boar Totem ACF) 1 / Battle Sorcerer 5 / Eldritch Knight 6 / Duskblade 3 / Abjurant Champion 5 / Rage Mage 10
Feats: Lightning Reflexes, Cumbrous Reflexes, Prone Attack, Rapid Metamagic, Improved Spell Capacity, Eschew Materials, Ignore Material Components, Combat Casting, Improved Combat Casting
Metamagic Feats: City Magic, Explosive, Transdimensional, Widen
HD: 30, CR 34, actual CL: 20, effective CL: 23, while raging CL: 30
The Needlestorm
Race: Undecided
Classes: Wu Jen 11 / Duskblade 3 / Eldritch Knight 10
Feats: Arcane Thesis (Rain of Needles), Spell Mastery, Signature Spell (Rain of Needles), Rapid Metamagic, Multispell, Improved Metamagic
Metamagic Feats: Fell Drain, Heighten, Quicken, Twin
Highlight: All rain of needles spells cast are enlarged, fell drain, silent, and still with no level adjustment; when quickened or twinned, uses up a 4th-level spell slot; when both quickened AND twinned, uses up a 6th-level spell slot.
HD: 24, CR 24, CL: 21